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Wladimir van Wilgenburg

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Co-author 2 books on Syrian Kurds, lines in @SPGlobal @KrdChronicle, MA Conflict/Kurdish Studies. Not here for trolls/debate. Contact vvanwilgenburg @ gmail

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The symbolic Kurdish city of Kobane in northern Syria is besieged and undergoing a “terrible” situation as attacks by Syrian government forces continue on the city, best known for its heroic resistance against the Islamic State (ISIS) in 2014. Kurdish fighters are left to fend for themselves this time, without US support.

The symbolic Kurdish city of Kobane in northern Syria is besieged and undergoing a “terrible” situation as attacks by Syrian government forces continue on the city, best known for its heroic resistance against the Islamic State (ISIS) in 2014. Kurdish fighters are left to fend for themselves this time, without US support.

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A citizen sent this video to Channel 8 and said that several missiles were seen in the sky of Hajiawa (Slemani province, not very far from Iran border)

A citizen sent this video to Channel 8 and said that several missiles were seen in the sky of Hajiawa (Slemani province, not very far from Iran border)

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At exactly 21:20 tonight, several bases of the Iranian Kurdish PAK located northwest of Erbil were targeted by drones - پارتی ئازادیی كوردستانPAK

At exactly 21:20 tonight, several bases of the Iranian Kurdish PAK located northwest of Erbil were targeted by drones - پارتی ئازادیی كوردستانPAK

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Crazy footage: An Iranian missile streaks across the skies of Erbil — watch as it is intercepted midair by a helicopter - Source: AVA

Crazy footage: An Iranian missile streaks across the skies of Erbil — watch as it is intercepted midair by a helicopter - Source: AVA

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Newroz in Akre, the capital of Newroz

Newroz in Akre, the capital of Newroz

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Huge Kurdish protests in Qamishli in Rojava/northern Syria for “Global Support for Rojava” Day and support for Kurdish unity.

Huge Kurdish protests in Qamishli in Rojava/northern Syria for “Global Support for Rojava” Day and support for Kurdish unity.

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Syria: A sign written only in Arabic was once again installed tonight at the Hasakah Courthouse. The newly installed sign also removed the English text. The sign, which did not include Kurdish, was once again torn down by Kurdish protestors

Syria: A sign written only in Arabic was once again installed tonight at the Hasakah Courthouse. The newly installed sign also removed the English text. The sign, which did not include Kurdish, was once again torn down by Kurdish protestors

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A group threw stones at a house in the Ashrafiya neighborhood in Afrin because a Kurdistan flag was raised on the balcony. - Afrin Now

A group threw stones at a house in the Ashrafiya neighborhood in Afrin because a Kurdistan flag was raised on the balcony. - Afrin Now

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More footage shows Syrian security forces forcibly shaving the moustaches of Druze men.

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More footage shows Syrian security forces forcibly shaving the moustaches of Druze men.

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.Naren Briar, an American Kurd, has been elected to the Bellevue City Council Source: neomi_mar11/insta

.Naren Briar, an American Kurd, has been elected to the Bellevue City Council Source: neomi_mar11/insta

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Syrian journalist Anas Al-Jassm reports that prisoners are being released from al-Aqtan ISIS prison, saying: “We are now in front of the courthouse (the Palace of Justice). Sixty detainees have been released from Al-Aqtan Prison as a first batch, and additional releases are expected, God willing, in the coming hours.”

Syrian journalist Anas Al-Jassm reports that prisoners are being released from al-Aqtan ISIS prison, saying: “We are now in front of the courthouse (the Palace of Justice). Sixty detainees have been released from Al-Aqtan Prison as a first batch, and additional releases are expected, God willing, in the coming hours.”

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Kurdish Peshmerga soldier gets a surprise visitor amidst heavy snowfall and cold in Kurdistan

Kurdish Peshmerga soldier gets a surprise visitor amidst heavy snowfall and cold in Kurdistan

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Clashes tonight near the town of Jawadiyah (Çil Axa), a strategic area that connects Derik to Qamishlo.

Clashes tonight near the town of Jawadiyah (Çil Axa), a strategic area that connects Derik to Qamishlo.

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The General Mobilization Committee in Rojava commemorated, "first martyr of the General Mobilization campaign, Ahmed Omar from the city of Kirkuk in Southern Kurdistan, all the martyrs, and issued a statement regarding his martyrdom." “Our people’s hero and the selfless fighter for national unity, the martyr Ahmed, as a living response to this unity, set out from the land of Southern Kurdistan, from the historic city of Kirkuk, toward the sacred land of Rojava.” - ANHA

The General Mobilization Committee in Rojava commemorated, "first martyr of the General Mobilization campaign, Ahmed Omar from the city of Kirkuk in Southern Kurdistan, all the martyrs, and issued a statement regarding his martyrdom." “Our people’s hero and the selfless fighter for national unity, the martyr Ahmed, as a living response to this unity, set out from the land of Southern Kurdistan, from the historic city of Kirkuk, toward the sacred land of Rojava.” - ANHA

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Celebratory gunfire after SDF fighters return to Kobani after being evacuated from the ISIS prison in northern Raqqa

Celebratory gunfire after SDF fighters return to Kobani after being evacuated from the ISIS prison in northern Raqqa

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Syrian government fighters continue to forcibly shave off Druze men's moustaches.

Syrian government fighters continue to forcibly shave off Druze men's moustaches.

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Unofficial videos of Kurdish fighters vow to resist in the Kurdish neighbourhoods of Aleppo

Unofficial videos of Kurdish fighters vow to resist in the Kurdish neighbourhoods of Aleppo

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Bombing of the (Kurdish town) Sardasht City Intelligence Department by Israeli and American fighter jets Source: Kolbar News

Bombing of the (Kurdish town) Sardasht City Intelligence Department by Israeli and American fighter jets Source: Kolbar News

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For the first time the ceasefire is really holding with no reports of clashes in the Jazira region (Hasakah) or the city of Kobani since yesterday evening, after days of tensions and clashes (Source: ANHA).

For the first time the ceasefire is really holding with no reports of clashes in the Jazira region (Hasakah) or the city of Kobani since yesterday evening, after days of tensions and clashes (Source: ANHA).

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Protesters in the Kurdish capital of Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan express solidarity with the Kurds in Aleppo

Protesters in the Kurdish capital of Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan express solidarity with the Kurds in Aleppo

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People taking down statue of a female fighter in Tabqa

People taking down statue of a female fighter in Tabqa

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#BREAKING: Mazloum Abdi, the Commander-in-Chief of the SDF, AANES foreign affairs official Elham Ahmad and Asaad al-Shaibani, Syria’s foreign minister, met with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Munich - Rudaw

#BREAKING: Mazloum Abdi, the Commander-in-Chief of the SDF, AANES foreign affairs official Elham Ahmad and Asaad al-Shaibani, Syria’s foreign minister, met with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Munich - Rudaw

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Kurdish female fighter of the Kurdish opposition party PDKI named Saba told me that the Iranian Kurds "hope the United States and other countries will help us against this regime. This government is a brutal government that kills its own people. It executes people. People are being forced to leave their homes. They kill people who struggle for freedom."

Kurdish female fighter of the Kurdish opposition party PDKI named Saba told me that the Iranian Kurds "hope the United States and other countries will help us against this regime. This government is a brutal government that kills its own people. It executes people. People are being forced to leave their homes. They kill people who struggle for freedom."

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Now elections are being held in Kobani, Qamishli and Hasakah that were previously excluded from the Syrian People's Assembly Elections in October last year. Video: ANHA

Now elections are being held in Kobani, Qamishli and Hasakah that were previously excluded from the Syrian People's Assembly Elections in October last year. Video: ANHA

Wladimir van Wilgenburg

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Syrian President Ahmed al Sharaa's father, Hussein al-Sharaa on Kurds. It is well-known he is a follower of Gamal Abdel Nasser. "I am an Arab nationalist. Arab nationalism is my teacher. When Arab nationalism existed, there was no regionalism and no sectarianism. Everyone used to say, “We are Arabs.” Even the Kurds—the Kurds who lived among us—used to say, “We are Arabs.”

Syrian President Ahmed al Sharaa's father, Hussein al-Sharaa on Kurds. It is well-known he is a follower of Gamal Abdel Nasser. "I am an Arab nationalist. Arab nationalism is my teacher. When Arab nationalism existed, there was no regionalism and no sectarianism. Everyone used to say, “We are Arabs.” Even the Kurds—the Kurds who lived among us—used to say, “We are Arabs.”

Wladimir van Wilgenburg

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KNC's Faisal Youssef elected to the Syrian parliament. Youssef told North Press: “We hope to be the voice of our Kurdish people and the Syrian people.”

KNC's Faisal Youssef elected to the Syrian parliament. Youssef told North Press: “We hope to be the voice of our Kurdish people and the Syrian people.”

Wladimir van Wilgenburg

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Kurds destroy Assad statue in Qamishlo

Kurds destroy Assad statue in Qamishlo

Wladimir van Wilgenburg

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Pro-IRGC Graduation Ceremony at University of Technology in Baghdad, Iraq. Students walk over US and Israeli flags and hold photographs of Iranian and PMF Leaders killed in US Strikes. Source: FSPU/Instagram

Pro-IRGC Graduation Ceremony at University of Technology in Baghdad, Iraq. Students walk over US and Israeli flags and hold photographs of Iranian and PMF Leaders killed in US Strikes. Source: FSPU/Instagram

Wladimir van Wilgenburg

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Joint statement by MOI and Asayish in Qamishlo. Halima Mahmoud Abu Bakr, a member of the General Command of the Internal Security Forces (Asayish) in northeast Syria: "We welcome this agreement between the SDF and the Syrian government. We are advocates of peace, not war, and we are committed to implementing the provisions of the agreement. Woman, Life, Freedom." - ANHA

Joint statement by MOI and Asayish in Qamishlo. Halima Mahmoud Abu Bakr, a member of the General Command of the Internal Security Forces (Asayish) in northeast Syria: "We welcome this agreement between the SDF and the Syrian government. We are advocates of peace, not war, and we are committed to implementing the provisions of the agreement. Woman, Life, Freedom." - ANHA

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Kurdish fighters from Rojava opened a corridor to save Yezidi's from ISIS in 2014 in Sinjar, now a group of Yezidi's have come to Rojava to return the favour. "In 2014, Rojava gave a great deal to the people of Shingal when the YPG and the YPJ fought ISIS, and today it is our turn to stand alongside the people of Rojava.”

Kurdish fighters from Rojava opened a corridor to save Yezidi's from ISIS in 2014 in Sinjar, now a group of Yezidi's have come to Rojava to return the favour. "In 2014, Rojava gave a great deal to the people of Shingal when the YPG and the YPJ fought ISIS, and today it is our turn to stand alongside the people of Rojava.”

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I spoke to several Iranian Kurdish party leaders on the ground, and they have all denied reports that they received weapons from the United States.

I spoke to several Iranian Kurdish party leaders on the ground, and they have all denied reports that they received weapons from the United States.

Wladimir van Wilgenburg

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Apparently, a suicide bomber was arrested wearing an explosive belt near a Kurdish restaurant called Hîwa in Ramadi

Apparently, a suicide bomber was arrested wearing an explosive belt near a Kurdish restaurant called Hîwa in Ramadi

Wladimir van Wilgenburg

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Vice President JD Vance on the continued drone attacks on the #Kurdistan Region, in response to a question from journalist Rahim Rashidi: "we certainly love the people of Kurdistan. anybody, but particularly civilian populations, that's not something we like to see at all"

Vice President JD Vance on the continued drone attacks on the #Kurdistan Region, in response to a question from journalist Rahim Rashidi: "we certainly love the people of Kurdistan. anybody, but particularly civilian populations, that's not something we like to see at all"

Wladimir van Wilgenburg

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Just drove through the Arab belt areas near Qahtaniya/Jawadiya. Both Kurds and Arabs here don't want a war and prefer Damascus and the SDF to implement the agreement.

Just drove through the Arab belt areas near Qahtaniya/Jawadiya. Both Kurds and Arabs here don't want a war and prefer Damascus and the SDF to implement the agreement.

Wladimir van Wilgenburg

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Syrian Interior Ministry forces are preparing to enter the cities of Hasakah and Qamishli in the coming hours.

Syrian Interior Ministry forces are preparing to enter the cities of Hasakah and Qamishli in the coming hours.

Wladimir van Wilgenburg

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#BREAKING: Senior SDF commander Mahmoud Berxwedan affirmed in an audio message published by the SDF Media Center that what northern and eastern Syria have been witnessing since January 6 are battles waged against the people. He stressed that the current phase marks the beginning of a new stage of resistance, led by what he called the “Second Kobani Resistance.” - ANHA

#BREAKING: Senior SDF commander Mahmoud Berxwedan affirmed in an audio message published by the SDF Media Center that what northern and eastern Syria have been witnessing since January 6 are battles waged against the people. He stressed that the current phase marks the beginning of a new stage of resistance, led by what he called the “Second Kobani Resistance.” - ANHA

Wladimir van Wilgenburg

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SDF Commander in Chief Mazloum Abdî مظلوم عبدي and AANES foreign relations co-chair Elham Ahmad arriving at the #MEPS25 forum

SDF Commander in Chief Mazloum Abdî مظلوم عبدي and AANES foreign relations co-chair Elham Ahmad arriving at the #MEPS25 forum

Wladimir van Wilgenburg

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Internal security forces in Kobani are calling for mobilization and resistance, urging people to defend the city as they did when defeating ISIS in 2015.

Internal security forces in Kobani are calling for mobilization and resistance, urging people to defend the city as they did when defeating ISIS in 2015.

Wladimir van Wilgenburg

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Several armed men affiliated with Damascus gathered together and were heavily targeted by SDF drones; none of them escaped - Rudaw

Several armed men affiliated with Damascus gathered together and were heavily targeted by SDF drones; none of them escaped - Rudaw

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The Kurdistan Region Security Council presents the confessions of a person who vandalized Christian graves in the district of Shaqlawa.

The Kurdistan Region Security Council presents the confessions of a person who vandalized Christian graves in the district of Shaqlawa.

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